Welcome to Day #11 of the April A to Z Challenge, where participants are challenged to create a post every day (except Sundays) corresponding to the appropriate letter of the alphabet. If you’d like to learn more, hit the badge on my sidebar.
I’ll be posting about bookish topics each day of the challenge. Here’s today’s post:
We’re all READERS—but what KIND of reader are you?
The great infographic below is Laura E. Kelly’s take on the classic charts of plants and other living things that we all remember from high school (You can click on the image to visit her site). She’s cleverly adapted that theme to create classifications of close to 50 (!) kinds of reader species—from people who view their books as precious display objects to readers who don’t really like to read!
Where do YOU fit in? What kind of reader are you? I’m wiling to bet that you’ll find yourself somewhere! Please leave a comment and share which reading species matches up to your reading habits. It might be more than one–I’m pretty sure I’m a combo pack of the Compulsive Book Worshipper and the Situational Omnireader! Enjoy!
Musings From A Bookmammal 
April 12, 2014 at 3:32 am
That’s a fantastic graphic, but I just couldn’t decide what I was! I ended up with 6 categories. Compulsive re-reader and situation comfort reader and definitely top ones though. I’m so guilty of re-reading books multiple times. And I’m similar to you with the omni-reading too. I read cereal boxes, posters, safety instructions, terms and conditions… You never know when it might come in handy 🙂
April 12, 2014 at 7:05 am
I know–I probably fit into several categories and subcategories, but I picked my top 2. I am definitely a huge re-reader, as you are. And I am absolutely in the Omni-reader category–if something is nearby that contains print of any kind, chances are I’m going to read it!
April 12, 2014 at 5:50 am
Same here – I ended up with a lot of categories! I guess the most relevant for me is the “Travel Reader” because I usually read on my subway commute or in waiting rooms or any other time when it’s a time-killing sort of thing. I rarely just sit down to read – I have so much else to do!
April 12, 2014 at 7:05 am
Yes, It’s always frustrating when real life gets in the way of reading! 🙂
April 12, 2014 at 6:40 am
Hi ! A great post once again I see ! 🙂 I am a combination of the compulsive OCD reader + compulsive book buyer + social evangelist (only difference being I don’t just ask them but actually nag them 😀 )
April 12, 2014 at 7:07 am
Thanks!
I’m a social evangelist about certain books–sometimes it’s all I can do to hold myself back from approaching people I don’t even know well and saying “You HAVE TO read this great book!”
April 12, 2014 at 3:49 pm
Great post! I’m a book cheriser! I have all the “symptoms” apart from the reading in one sitting thing. I’m glad I didn’t turn out to be an abuser… Doesn’t sound that good. On the other hand,, I don’t think there’s such a thing as reading too much!
April 13, 2014 at 6:41 am
Unfortunately, my cats are sometimes book abusers. I’ve learned to keep books–especially books from the library–away from them, as they sometimes like to chew on the corners.
April 13, 2014 at 2:05 am
LOL I think I have a little of a lot of them. I’m going free range though. Very nice 🙂
Happy A to Z-ing!
~Anna
herding cats & burning soup.
April 13, 2014 at 6:42 am
I think I have pieces of most of the species hiding inside me! It was hard to pick the top 2!
April 13, 2014 at 8:57 pm
I’ve been known to do some hate reading – though recently I requested a book from NetGalley that I thought I was going to hate – and it turned out I really liked it, you just never know. Other than that, I’m really a free-range reader. 🙂 Anytime, anywhere, most books.
Thanks for linking up with Spread the Love!
April 13, 2014 at 10:33 pm
Very true–some books will really surprise you–and sometimes those are the best of all because they defy expectations.
April 14, 2014 at 1:41 pm
OH my I’m definitely a Book Hoarder! And very much a Book Clubber. I’m also a bit of a Multitasker, somewhat a Kindle Convert, a Traveling Reader, definitely an Audiobook Listener, as well as a Sleepy Bedtime Reader and Bathroom Reader. Ok I should stop now. So many apply!
April 14, 2014 at 2:08 pm
I know! I think that if you’re a true booklover it’s natural to fit into many of these all at the same time!
April 16, 2014 at 5:17 pm
I guess I’m a free-range “it’s complicated” reader. Re-reader, Chronological reader, Delayed onset reader, and a little bit of an Evangelist. Sorry about that…
April 16, 2014 at 10:01 pm
Lots of book-loving “mutts” around here!